Rig Veda 9.66.4: Mandala 9, Sukta 66, Mantra 4

Sukta 9.66

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पवस्व जनयन्निषोऽभि विश्वानि वार्या । सखा सखिभ्य ऊतये ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 9.66.4

Transliteration

pávasva janáyan níṣo ’bhí viśvā́ni vā́ryā | sakhā́ sákhibhya ūtáye ||

Translation

自らを浄めよ、歓喜の衝動を生み出しつつ。あらゆる望ましきものへと押し進め。友として、友らを助けるために来たれ。

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Word by Word

• पवस्व: Purify yourself / flow forth (O Soma).
• पवस्व: — (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू (पूञ्) / √पु (पुनाति) ‘to purify, flow (as Soma)’

• जनयन्: producing, generating
• जनयन्: Kartā (agent, concomitant action of Soma)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (जनयति) ‘to beget, produce’

• इषः: refreshments, invigorations (nourishing powers)
• इषः: Karma (object of ‘जनयन्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष् (f.) ‘refreshment, strength, nourishment; impulse’

• अभि: towards, upon
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (preverb/preposition)

• विश्वानि: all (things)
• विश्वानि: Karma (object with implied verb of reaching/covering; dependent on अभि)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व (sarva-) ‘all’

• वार्या: desirable treasures / choice boons
• वार्या: Karma (in apposition to ‘विश्वानि’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार्य (n.) ‘choice goods, valuables, desirable things’ (< √वृ ‘to choose’)

• सखा: (as) a friend
• सखा: Kartā (subject, Soma as ‘friend’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि/सखा (m.) ‘friend, companion’

• सखिभ्यः: to/for (his) friends
• सखिभ्यः: Sampradāna (recipient/beneficiary)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि (m.) ‘friend’

• ऊतये: for help / for protection
• ऊतये: Prayojana/artha-dative (purpose: ‘for aid’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊति (f.) ‘help, aid, protection’